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  March 14, 2026

  Crews respond to fuel leak on USS Croaker, water aboard the USS The Sullivans

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  March 10, 2026

  UB’s South Campus is in the midst of a makeover, as it becomes a hub for professional and graduate education.

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  March 7, 2026

  Leaders at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff unveiled a brand new $6 million visitor center Friday.

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• January 31, 2025

  An exhibit right now at the Kenan Center, focuses on Lockport and Niagara County’s contributions to the effort to win World War II.

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• January 29, 2025

  Buffalo Maritime Center to receive grant for Seneca Chief Canal Boat exhibits. Grants range from $500 to $24,000 and will leverage an estimated $979,087 in additional support.

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  December 8, 2024

  Downtown Wellsville and a two-room schoolhouse in Allegany County have been recommended for addition to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced.

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  December 4, 2024

  Congressional Democrats agreed with Republicans that Andrew Cuomo and his top aides were not transparent about how they counted nursing home deaths during the pandemic.

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  December 3, 2024

  Today, we made history again with the opening of the first LGBTQ+ museum in the nation at @nyhistory. – Kathy Hochul

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  December 3, 2024

  Using the county’s cultural capital grant, the Sardinia Historical Society replaced its building’s roof and completely rebuilt and repainted its interior, restoring it to the same design as when the building was first used as a church in 1829.

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  November 25, 2024

  NFTA above-ground Metro Rail service resumes for the ghost town that the Rail created.

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• November 21, 2024

  Lockport approves scenic byway project to highlight Underground Railroad

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• November 19, 2024

  Historic Buffalo Cocorida Cemetery on Walden Avenue in Buffalo to receive $38,353 grant to cover im­prove­ments

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• November 15, 2024

  Stabilizing the Buffalo Central Terminal for future use – after sitting dormant for years, a 10-year $300 million project is underway.

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• September 27, 2024

  Naval Park secures approximately 21 million to dry-dock, repair USS The Sullivans, USS Croaker. $7.5 million was secured by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, $1 million from the city of Buffalo, $1 million from Erie County, $1 million from state Sen. Sean Ryan and $500,000 from Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes.

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